September Newsletter 2015

01-Sep-2015

Dear Customer:

Goodbye Summer... Hello Fall!

Back to school marks the end of summer holiday and the beginning of fall season. Lynn’s Kids Sewing Club, a 9 session weekly sewing class was well attended by many young sewing enthusiasts. Pictured is one of our regular young-sewist, Veronica S. with her many sewing projects made during the summer weeks.

Beginning this fall, the partners at Sew Steamboat are excited to offer a new class: Introduction to Knitting! This class will teach you the basics of casting on, knit and purl stitches, and binding off. Everything you need to get started on basic knitting projects, Intro to Knitting will be offered the first Tuesday 4-6 pm OR the third Sunday 1-3 pm of each month with our partners: Cindy Clark, Blair Weibel, Kathleen Titus, and Cho Tin Tun Kirkpatrick as your instructors. Be sure to reserve your spot and we hope to see you in the shop very soon!

Painted Desert yarn is a sock or fingering weight yarn which comes in 437 yard balls of 100% superwash wool. We received several colors which are beautifully variegated and have a great price.

I chose to knit a slightly lacy cowl pattern called September Circle, which I purchased on Ravelry. It was my first attempt at lace and my first time knitting with the Painted Desert. Although I found it slightly more likely to split, Painted Desert was a delight to work with, and I am very happy with the final product. If you are looking for a fingering weight yarn for a shawl or a cowl pattern, come check out the Painted Desert. I am pretty certain that you will be happy with the color selections and price of this yarn!

Chateau and Chalet by Classic Elite Yarns

I just finished making a chemo hat from a pattern I found on Ravelry; the Lady Jodie Hat. I used some new yarn that we received in the shop about a month ago from Classic Elite Yarns. We carry both the Chateau and Chalet yarns, which are the same, the difference being that Chalet is un-dyed and Chateau is dyed. These are chunky yarns, 70% baby alpaca and 30% bamboo viscose.

Calling it a "chunky weight" yarn is a little misleading, as it is the lightest yarn I have ever used. This is due to its chainette construction. While the yarn looks loose and tubular on the skein, it knits together quite densely, but it so feather-light that, as a hat, you barely know it is on your head.

It knits up fast (something I am definitely not used to) and is so shockingly soft that, like a good book you never want to end, this is a project I wanted to go on and on.

Notes: The embellishment on the hat was made with scrap yarn. Come to the shop for the pattern-there are several errors that I have corrected on our hard copy.

Classes: 10% off materials with class sign up!

Introduction to Knitting

Tuesday, September 1st; 4-6pm

Description: NEW!!!! Introduction to Knitting class will teach you the basics of casting on, knit and purl stitches, and binding off. Everything you need to get started on basic knitting projects. Intro to Knitting will be offered the first Tuesday 4-6 pm OR the third Sunday 1-3 pm of each month, beginning in September. Cost is $10 and pre-registration is required. Join us TODAY!

Instructor: Cindy Clark

Also offered on

Sunday, September 20th; 1-3pm

Instructor: Blair Weibel

Cost:$10 + materials (10% discount with class sign-up)

Learn to Crochet

Saturday, September 12th and 19th;

1-3pm

Description: Learn the basics of crocheting by making a scarf with Avery.

Instructor: Avery C.

Cost: $50 + materials (10% discount with class sign-up)

Bianca Wrap Knitting Class

Saturday, September 19th; 3-5pm

Description:Who hasn't been loving the Bianca Wrap? We're all a little addicted! Join LA to share pitfalls and ideas as we all knit along through this gorgeous piece!

Instructor: La Bourgeois

Cost: $25 + materials (10% discount with class sign-up)

Upcoming Events:

Labor Day Sidewalk Sale

Friday, September 4th to Monday, September 7th

Description: Come celebrate Labor Day weekend with us and enjoy massive savings up to 75% on selected items.

Time: During store hours: Friday, Saturday and Monday from 10am to 6pm and Sunday from 12pm to 5pm

Cost: $FREE

Steamboat Sew-ciety

Every Wednesday, 4-6pm

Description:Bring your sewing ideas, bring your sewing projects, bring your mending or even some hand sewing and come join fellow sewers for Steamboat Sew-ciety on Wednesdays from 4-6PM. Our sewing experts will be available for advice and our sewing machines and sergers as well as cutting table and tools are available for your use, or bring your own.

Cost: $FREE

Sit 'N Stitch

Every Friday from 4:00pm to 6:00pm

Description: Join other fiber enthusiasts every Friday 4 pm – 6 pm. Bring your current project(s) and sit around to knit, or crochet. No charge, just for the love of sit ‘n stitching.

Cost: $FREE

Mention this newsletter to receive 10% discount on Painted Desert by Knitting Fever and Chateau and Chalet by CEY!offer expires September 30, 2015